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Poem by Henry Van Dyke


The Empty Quatrain


A flawless cup: how delicate and fine
The flowing curve of every jewelled line!
Look, turn it up or down, ’t is perfect still,--
But holds no drop of life’s heart-warming wine.



Henry Van Dyke


Henry Van Dyke's other poems:
  1. Longfellow
  2. The Proud Lady
  3. To Julia Marlowe
  4. A Rondeau of College Rhymes
  5. Urbs Coronata


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